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Manchester has joined 39 other UK towns and cities including Leeds and Sheffield in having an agreement to regulate on-street fundraising in the city centre.

CityCo has worked with the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association (PFRA), the charity-led membership body that regulates all forms of direct debit ‘face-to-face’ fundraising, to launch the initiative, which has been approved by Manchester City Council.

The new arrangement sets out four dedicated zones in the city centre where face-to-face fundraising activity can take place as of Monday 28 February 2011.

These are:

  • Zone 1 – The bottom of Market Street under the canopy near Boots
  • Zone 2 – The Oldham Street end of Piccadilly Gardens near the statue
  • Zone 3 – Outside entrance to the Manchester Arndale, next to the Manchester Wheel
  • Zone 4 – St Ann’s Square outside the Royal Exchange Theatre

The number of fundraisers is limited to five per zone and they will only be allowed to fundraise on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 9am and 6pm. No fundraising will be permitted in the city centre at weekends or evenings.

Manchester is the first city to set up a dedicated reporting facility to help monitor street fundraising activity. Anyone can report any fundraisers who appear to be breaking the agreement by emailing street.fundraising@cityco.com.

All fundraisers also have to abide by the already established national code of professional conduct. Members of the public who feel they do not abide by this code can contact the PFRA directly on 020 7401 8452 or through the ‘complaint’ button on the website www.pfra.org.uk

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